Kharkiv, Ukraine Metro Area Population 1950-2025

Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Kharkiv, Ukraine metro area from 1950 to 2025. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
  • The current metro area population of Kharkiv in 2025 is 1,416,000, a 0.21% decline from 2024.
  • The metro area population of Kharkiv in 2024 was 1,419,000, a 0.14% decline from 2023.
  • The metro area population of Kharkiv in 2023 was 1,421,000, a 0.14% decline from 2022.
  • The metro area population of Kharkiv in 2022 was 1,423,000, a 0.21% decline from 2021.
Data Source: United Nations - World Population Prospects

MLA Citation:
Other Cities in Ukraine
City Name Population
Kiev 3,018,000
Kharkiv 1,416,000
Odesa 1,007,000
Dnipro 931,000
Donetsk 876,000
Lviv 718,000
Zaporizhzhya 716,000
Kryvyi Rih 595,000
Mykolaiv 476,000
Mariupol 426,000
Sevastopol 402,000
Luhansk 386,000
Vinnitsa 375,000
Simferopol 340,000
Makiivka 327,000
Kharkiv - Historical Population Data
Year Population Growth Rate
2025 1,416,000 -0.21%
2024 1,419,000 -0.14%
2023 1,421,000 -0.14%
2022 1,423,000 -0.21%
2021 1,426,000 -0.21%
2020 1,429,000 -0.21%
2019 1,432,000 -0.28%
2018 1,436,000 -0.14%
2017 1,438,000 -0.14%
2016 1,440,000 -0.14%
2015 1,442,000 -0.14%
2014 1,444,000 -0.14%
2013 1,446,000 -0.21%
2012 1,449,000 -0.14%
2011 1,451,000 -0.14%
2010 1,453,000 -0.14%
2009 1,455,000 -0.14%
2008 1,457,000 -0.14%
2007 1,459,000 -0.14%
2006 1,461,000 -0.20%
2005 1,464,000 -0.14%
2004 1,466,000 -0.07%
2003 1,467,000 -0.14%
2002 1,469,000 -0.34%
2001 1,474,000 -0.67%
2000 1,484,000 -0.67%
1999 1,494,000 -0.66%
1998 1,504,000 -0.66%
1997 1,514,000 -0.66%
1996 1,524,000 -0.65%
1995 1,534,000 -0.65%
1994 1,544,000 -0.71%
1993 1,555,000 -0.64%
1992 1,565,000 -0.63%
1991 1,575,000 -0.69%
1990 1,586,000 -0.63%
1989 1,596,000 0.19%
1988 1,593,000 1.08%
1987 1,576,000 1.03%
1986 1,560,000 1.04%
1985 1,544,000 1.05%
1984 1,528,000 1.06%
1983 1,512,000 1.00%
1982 1,497,000 1.08%
1981 1,481,000 1.02%
1980 1,466,000 1.03%
1979 1,451,000 1.47%
1978 1,430,000 1.92%
1977 1,403,000 1.81%
1976 1,378,000 1.85%
1975 1,353,000 1.88%
1974 1,328,000 1.84%
1973 1,304,000 1.88%
1972 1,280,000 1.91%
1971 1,256,000 1.87%
1970 1,233,000 2.15%
1969 1,207,000 2.46%
1968 1,178,000 2.52%
1967 1,149,000 2.50%
1966 1,121,000 2.47%
1965 1,094,000 2.43%
1964 1,068,000 2.50%
1963 1,042,000 2.46%
1962 1,017,000 2.52%
1961 992,000 2.48%
1960 968,000 2.43%
1959 945,000 2.49%
1958 922,000 2.44%
1957 900,000 2.51%
1956 878,000 2.57%
1955 856,000 2.39%
1954 836,000 2.45%
1953 816,000 2.51%
1952 796,000 2.45%
1951 777,000 2.51%
1950 758,000 0.00%